The phrase "apology for something" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing regret or remorse for a specific action or situation.
Example: "I would like to offer my sincere apology for the misunderstanding that occurred during the meeting."
Alternatives: "apology regarding" or "apology concerning".
Unlike Williams, she has never made a public apology for something she has said or done.
Amusement aside, one of Blair's few supposed regrets is revealed as a sham – an apology for something he fought against.
Chronically without a boyfriend and insecure, Sherry always seems to be on the verge of offering an abject apology for something, for anything.
(Wouldn't we all like a public apology for something?) She would like it to come from Siriano, but in truth, the designer is really just a stand-in for a culture that persists in devaluing older women in ways large and small.
In any event, I made it clear to Lord Newby that any apology for something that I had not done was not appropriate and could not be accepted by me.
"I'm not going to make an apology for something that the IOC is not responsible for," Rogge said.
He expressed regret for the loss of life — a common presidential formulation over the years that offers a quasi-apology for something associated with the event, but not for the event itself.
Advanced apologies for something more akin to a weather bulletin.
During the presidential campaign of 2012, when Mitt Romney issued one of his weekly apologies for something stupid that he did, Trump was tearing his hair out.
All of which got me thinking about my own trollish past, and reminded me that I still owe a correction – an apology even – for something I wrote almost eight years ago, back in 2003, during my very first stint writing for the Guardian.
One unanswered question is whether Benedict will acknowledge the scandals, or even offer some apology for them, something Catholics of all leanings say they would like.
